Barn Approximately North North West of Lower Goulds Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1984. A Post-Medieval Barn.
Barn Approximately North North West of Lower Goulds Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- errant-rubblework-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1984
- Type
- Barn
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- OS grid reference
- TL 873 342
- Coordinates
- 51.97474, 0.726
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This barn, located approximately 100 meters north-north-west of Lower Goulds Farmhouse, dates from around 1600. It is timber framed and weatherboarded, with a roof made of corrugated iron. The structure consists of four bays aligned northwest to southeast, featuring a midstrey to the northeast of the second bay from the southeast end. Notable architectural details include jowled posts, heavy studding with curved braces set into the interior, and a clasped purlin roof.
Local climate
Barn Approximately North North West of Lower Goulds Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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